French Quarter Pizzeria and Bar

this place is no longer in business. The owner who bought it, who knew nothing of working the business, ran it into the ground within a year. Never buy a restaurant if you never worked in one before. EVER. Being rich and successful in your previous career at something else means nothing.

It had been a day of disappointing food experiences. My spirits were low, and I just wanted a good pizza. The concierge at my hotel recommended French Quarter Pizzeria, which was close by. I was skeptical but decided to try it, and it came through with some of the best pizza I’d had in awhile.
The server brought me a large pizza, heaped with 5 toppings. The crust was just the right combination of thick/​thin and crisp/​soft. The sauce was tangy and spicy enough to compliment the generous amount of cheese and incredibly fresh toppings. This pizza renewed my faith in New Orleans food.
Downside: It is primarily a bar and a tad smoky. The place was almost empty during the dinner hours, although I suspect it gets packed later at night. They certainly don’t advertise their pizza, but they should!
Check it out if you’re in the mood for pizza in New Orleans.

Decent Pizzas, just avoid the cheeseburger pizza it was not very good.

My boss and I were in NOLA for a conference and decided to break free from the conference hotel and grab some lunch off site. We saw French Quarter Pizzeria and thought we’d give it a shot. We sat down and were brought menus and had our drink order taken right away. We decided to go with two small Greek salads and a medium four cheese pizza. We waited and waited and after about 45 minutes, still not have our side salads. We should’ve just gotten up and left after 30 minutes but at that point it was too late to find another place and get back to our conference site in time for the next session. After 55 minutes, we FINALLY got our salad. About 10 minutes later our pizza came. Definitely not the best pizza or Greek salad I’ve ever had but it was decent. Then again, I was super hungry and probably would’ve eaten a cardboard box at that point. I don’t know if the server was just overwhelmed (there were four other tables) since she was by herself or what but the service was terrible. She never came by the table to check on us or at least tell us our food was coming. There are no excuses why a restaurant in busy NOLA should only have one person working the floor at lunch time.

I posted this originally on another site, but it was mysteriously removed. LOL So I came to Unilocal to make sure I got the word out.
On July 4, we ordered (for probably the 10^th time in the past 6 months) pizza from the French Quarter Pizzeria. We have a condo in the Quarter and we usually order dinner from FQP and breakfast from (temporarily closed) Verti Mart. This particular night fell on the end of Essence, plus it was, of course, the Fourth of July. When I placed the order, I was informed that it would be an hour before we could expect delivery. We were fine with that – understood completely. So we stooped on St. Ann and watched the festivities.
Two hours later, my husband called in to ask about the order. At first, we were told that the order had been delivered. Of course, we knew this wasn’t true, so after some confusion we were told that the order was being sent out again and we were offered a free pizza for being patient. An hour later, we still did not have the order. Now, I don’t know about you, but I’ve never waited in a restaurant for three hours for my food, let alone, a delivery. By now, I was too tired to wait up and my husband and his sister decided to walk somewhere to eat (she’s pregnant, so she was REALLY hungry by this time).
Fast forward to Tuesday morning. I check our bank account, and there’s a charge for $ 38.13. What? So, I contact the bank and they say it’s «pending» so to give FQP a chance to possibly reject the transaction. Thursday, I see that the transaction has cleared and I call FQP. The gentleman I spoke to was extremely nice. He listened to what I had to say and told me he’d have the manager call me when she returned. Friday afternoon, I finally get a phone call the manager. I thanked her for her call but she was very curt. In fact, she informed me that small business owners have to pay for food that people like me refuse to pay for. Okay, now I’m seeing that this is about to get weird. I was actually shocked because I was fully prepared to have a mutually respectful conversation.
I tell her that I’m fully aware of what small business owners do, since I was co-​owner of a restaurant in Mid-​City in the past. I also tell her that I have no idea why she’s being rude, how she cannot understand why waiting 3 hours for food is unreasonable and she tells me that I should have called and told them we didn’t want the order anymore. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing! I mean, they never showed up ANYWAY! Why would we need to call? She also informed me that she attempted to call me several times that night, which is not true and if FQP would like to see my cell phone bill, I will happily provide it.
Honestly, I have never experienced this before. I managed restaurants in Texas and Louisiana and never did I treat an unhappy customer to a diatribe about how to be a good customer! LOL So, no, we will never order from here again. In addition, I’m contacting the three concierges I know in the FQ to advise them against sending customers their way. Also, I’m letting my FB friends know about this experience. The worst part is, their pizza’s not too bad! Their food is certainly a better option than Tropical Isle, but I feel pretty strongly about customer service. To their employees, I would say keep up the good work. You were friendly, helpful, and respectful. To the management, remember that consistency and repeat customers are the key to success in any service establishment. You don’t have to like all of your customers but you certainly should show them some respect, especially when they try to show you the same.

We went here on our last night in NOLA. It was drizzling a little and it being monday, a lot of restaurants were closed. So we didn’t really have a lot of options.
Our first clue about the food should have been the number of people in the place. There were about 5 people there. We decided to give them a chance anyway.
For drinks I got a glass of Stella Artois and my husband got their speciality drink, which is blessed by some voodoo priestess. Both of these things were served in plastic glasses.
For appetizer, we ordered nachos which were just baked vegetables with chips on the side. They seemed ok at first, but as we started eating, we realized that they didn’t have any salsa and the chips were kind of stale.
For dinner, we got their veggie pizza. The menu raved about their crust. Well, ours was almost uncooked. Pizza sauce lacked flavor. We were hungry so, we ate couple slices each. Our waitress brought out a box for the rest of the pizza and we didn’t want to be rude, so we boxed it up and took it with us and gave it to some homeless guy asked us for the pizza. Hopefully he is not cursing at us.
They also had a live band, and they were OK. No great shakes. They were playing songs I had never heard of.
Our bill was about $ 40 and we felt that we wasted our money. Should have just gone to filipe’s.

This pizza is great. I ordered for delivery and it was here within 20 minutes. At first, you’ll see the pizza and be like «This is pizza?». But then you’ll eat it and you’ll be in love. The crust is thin, but not like a cracker. It’s more like bread than crust, and everyone I ate with loved it. It was a great experience.

While I used to be a loyal patron of FQP, I now begrudgingly have to give it the honor of my first Unilocal review (and not a pleasant one!)
My experience here started off good and has been decreasing exponentially upon every visit. Most recently, I stopped in for a quick one-​hour lunch…
I was greeted by no airconditioning, which (in the summertime), is painful and a hamster-​cage-​esque stench. They DID put in enough high-​powered fans to blow my check, take-​home boxes, and food around, though.
Our waitress couldn’t have been more than 14 years old. The owner clearly hired her daughter so she didn’t have to pay her as much for the lunch-​time shift. Still… the girl was very nice and certainly not part of the problem.
We had about an hour to eat, so ordered a Chef’s Salad and Cheese Calzone. After about 45 minutes, our food was delivered, in which we immediately had to ask for a check and take-​out boxes since we had 15 minutes to eat and get back to work.
Now onto the food. The Chef’s Salad had blatantly stale croutons, water-​soaked lettuce, NO CHEESE, and NO EGGS! Despite the description on the menu, there was no egg in the Chef’s Salad (a Chef’s Salad staple!) The portion was obscenely large for a lunch but, I guess, with that complete lack of quality they had to try to make up for it somewhere.
The cheese calzone was mediocre. My biggest complaint with that was they changed the recipe, stuffing sauce inside the calzone as opposed to serving it with marinara sauce on the side.
I would have sent the salad back had it not taken so long to get out the kitchen originally. We shared the calzone since it was impossible to pick around the stale croutons (and NO EGG!), and tried to scarf it down in 5 minutes before leaving completely disappointed.
If you go here, you MIGHT get a good meal, but lately there’s been a completely offensive lack of quality and quality control in this place.
The corners the kitchen cuts to save a few bucks is clearly noticeable in the food. It’s very unfortunate, really, as this place USED to be great…

We stopped I and had two different types of pizza. This place is more bar than restaurant but the waitress was very friendly.

Unique food experiences for me are almost orgasmic. Being from Chicago, I have certainly had my share of pizza, however, the folks at French Quarter Pizzeria bring unique and pizza together under one roof. Their crust is cracker-​like, thin, and perfect for such one-​of-​a-​kind combinations as MacDaddy Cheeseburger Pizza and The Muffaletta or The Central Grocery Pizza with pepperoni, ham, and that special olive mix which make it incredible. Staff is very nice and helpful. They gave us some other suggestions of unique places to eat. (Next stop, peanut butter and bacon burger from Yo’ Mama’s.) I will definately come to French Quarter Pizzeria whenever I am in New Orleans.

In town for the weekend, we figured ordering from a local place with good ratings on Unilocal would be better than Dominos… WRONG! We ordered a pizza and a salad. The phone order took 10+ minutes to complete, and the guy on the phone didn’t have the courtesy to put us on hold while talking to other customers. We were told 10 – 15 min for delivery. I would have been happy with a more usual 30 min. One hour after we’d ordered, the pizza arrived in the hotel lobby, delivered by a dirty-​looking guy who may or may not have slept on the street the night before. The pizza was cold (and foul-​tasting to boot), and there was no silverware. Who delivers cold pizza and thinks you can eat a salad with your bare hands??? I called the restaurant, and the same guy set the phone down while trying to get the manager, whom I could hear in the background saying something about delivering 30+ pizzas that night and there’s no way complaining would get our money refunded. When he finally got on the phone to speak with me directly, he accused me of LYING about being told delivery would take 10 – 15 min. He also said that they would not refund any of our money and was really insistent on delivering another pizza even though we didn’t want it. The dirty driver showed up again with another pizza and an insulting amount of plates and silverware… as if a pizza and a salad was meant to feed 30 people. I have never had such a shockingly awful restaurant experience.

Happened upon the French Quarter Pizzeria after a long day of meetings, and just hoped it would be worth it. Our amazingly friendly waitress told me of two off-​menu pizzas, and I decided to try their Po’ Boy Pizza. It was one of the best pizzas I’ve had in a long time. Everything went together perfectly, and the au jus to dip the pizza in added so much! The manager even came by to talk to us, and the service was great. If you’re with a large group, they’re also great at accommodating you.

My favorite pizza of all time!!!

If there is one thing New Orleans can’t do it’s make a pizza. Well, that and run a government, elect an uncorrupt politician, educate our children, offer recycling, make a vegan happy… OK, upon further reflection, there are many things we can not do… but Pizza is the point here. Everytime people start yammering about which NOLA pizza is best, I tune out… some are good, but everyone disappoints in their own way… except this place.
The strombolis are so damn good, and during their lunch specials only $ 5.99. The pizza crusts, and nore importantly. the crust, are outstanding. Meatball sandwich is darn good too. They broke off from Rotolo’s so they could expand their pizza choices, and all their specialty pies deliver.
One star off just as a warning… The staff, while nice, are pretty ummm, not clean and have some habbits the board of health wouldn’t smile upon. It doesn’t bother me because I’m kind of slack in the manners/​cleanliness department myself, but if little things scare you, save yourself some trouble and have the pie delivered… What you don’t know won’t hurt you and your pizza will be tops in the city.

Our first LA dining experience… I don’t know if it was the 8 shots of Crown at the hotel or it was pizza was just that damn good! Aside from the waiter forgetting to bring us over our drinks as we watched them sit at the pick up station at the bar, the place was cool. The next round, the bartender more than made up for it… good lookinout.

Ok, so we were in the quarter again and came back to FQP. I liked it even better this time than the last. We got the debris again (too good not to get). The bartender was great, she hung out with us because it was not too busy. She was pouring some wicked strong drinks too… me likey. We stopped by AGAIN later in the evening for pizza by the slice, which was really good. I think it’s worth walking all the way from Bourbon St. to Decatur just to get the pizza by the slice. It’s way cheaper and WAY better than the daiquiri places. If you are in downtown NOLA and want some pizza, you gotta go here.

I highly recommend the central grocery pizza!
this pizza was by far one of the best pizzas that I have ever had.
I was only in NOLA for 7 days and I had to stop by FQ Pizzeria twice!!!